posted on 2021-09-30, 09:10authored byKinga Varga, Ciaran MacDonnchaCiaran MacDonncha, Laurence Blondel, Enrico Bozzano, Fabrice Burlot, Rute Costa, Nadine Debois, Dominique Delon, Antonio Figueiredo, Joerg Foerster, Masar Gjaka, Carlos Goncalves, Flavia Guidotti, Caterina Pesce, Andrej Pisl, Eoin Rheinisch, Ana Rolo, Sara Rozman, Gary Ryan, Anne Templet, Antonio Tessitore, Giles D. Warrington, Laura Capranica, Mojca Doupona
This study aimed to use a concept mapping methodology to develop a European
framework of the needs of parents/guardians (P/G) for supporting athletes combining sport and education (dual career, DC By means of a concept mapping methodology, 337 French, Irish, Italian, Portuguese, and Slovenian parents sorted and rated 80 potential statements associated to parenting DC athletes Five distinct clusters emerged: 1. P/G’ roles, needs and awareness to support athletes, including 22 statements (mean:3.7; range: 3.2–4.2 pt); 2. Requirements for effective planning of DC pathway, including 19 statements (mean:3.7; range: 3.2–4.5 pt); 3. Educational opportunity, including 13 statements (mean:3.5; range: 3.1–4.0 pt); 4. Policy and provision for DC, including 19 statements (mean:3.7; range: 3.1–4.2 pt); and 5. Athletes’ lifestyle & self-management, including 7 statements (mean:4.0; range: 3.5–4.5 pt). Estimates of effect size (Partial eta-squared) were calculated for ANOVAs to assess the degree of variability on the statement importance ranking as the dependent variable accounted for by the demographic data.
The concept mapping showed good validity (stress value: 0.11) and high reliability (rSHT: 0.99, rSHM: 0.98; rRR:0.98). One-third of the statements indicated differences (p<0.05) in relation to the P/Gs’ gender and the athletes’ education level, competition level and sport typology.